AncientPages.com – The oldest known human-like footprints recently preserved in Trachilos, Crete are nearly 6 million years old and represent one of the recent and most fascinating discoveries in paleontology.
Fossil footprints that challenge established theories of human evolution and are approximately 5.7 million years, were made at a time when previous research puts our ancestors in Africa – with ape-like feet.
“The story of human evolution begun already 5.5 million years ago, and, interestingly, it was not in East Africa, but the Greek island of Crete” – said Dr. Gerard Gierliński during the press conference.
The earliest previously known footprints of ancient human relatives have been identified in Africa (Laetoli, Tanzania). Scientists determined that they had been left about 3.6 million ago by the Australopithecus species.